What is the population of Esenyurt?
Esenyurt has a city population of 983,571. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Esenyurt
Located 374 km from Ankara, this city of 983,571 ranks 11th among Turkey's listed cities and second within Istanbul. Five neighbouring cities with populations ranging from 28,811 to 792,030 lie within 9 km, the largest being Küçükçekmece at 792,030 residents.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 30
Elevation
97 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Istanbul
Coordinates
41.027, 28.677
Record updated
2026-06-22
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 416 in TurkeyClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Esenyurt | 984K |
Esenyurt Population FAQ
Where is Esenyurt?
Esenyurt is in Istanbul, Turkey, 374 km from the capital, Ankara. Its coordinates are 41.027, 28.677.
How big is Esenyurt compared with other cities in Turkey?
It is the 11th largest of the 416 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Turkey, holding 1.1% of the national population.